English III 3/1: "Peacebone" by Animal Collective

This song is very abstract, I know. But what phrases or lines stick out at you? Are you shocked by this? In which parts? What might he be trying to say? Do you think he is trying to draw clear diagrams or paint emotional/intellectual pictures with his words?

PEACEBONE:

Bonefish.

Bonefish.

A Peacebone got found in the dinosaur wing

Well I've been jumpin' in all over, but my views are slowly shrinking

I was a jugular vein in a juggler's girl

I was supposedly leaking the most interesting colors

While half of my fingers

Are dipped in the sand

You progress in letters but you're used to cooking broccoli

The other side of takeout is mildew on rice

And an obsession with the past is like a dead fly

And just a few things are related to the old times

Then we did believe in magic and we didn't die

It's not my words that you should follow it's your insides

You're just an inside

Adjust your insides

You're just an inside

Bonefish.

I bet the monster was happy when we made him amazed

Cause he don't understand intentions he just looks at your face

I'll bet the bubbles exploded to tickle the bath

All the birds are very curious all the fish are at the surface

With half of me waiting for myself to get calm

I'm like a pelican at red tide

I'm a corpse I'm not a fisherman

A blow out does not mean I will have a good night

Chorus

Bonefish.

Chanting/screaming

Bonefish.

I start in a hose and I end in a yard

When I feel like I'm stealing I can keep myself from hearing God

Only the taste of your cooking can make me bow on the ground

It was the clouds that carved the mountains

It was the mountains that made the kids scream

Oh well she bore all her parts but she never was found.

You think I'll carve a path through New York

And be an artist but are you anything

Then you find out you can't ask a baby to cry

Chorus

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Inside

Peacebone

Bonefish.

--From the album Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective

WORDS OF THE DAY

9. predilection – a preconceived liking, preference

10. culpability – liability to blame

11. candid – honest, frank, outspoken

12. provincial – narrow-minded